From the Italian restaurant created with Nonna’s famous recipes passed down through generations to the Fairfax dynasty created by Kerry Packer, family businesses come in every variation and make up a whopping 70 per cent of all Australian businesses – employing more than 50 per cent of the workforce. The truth is that there are […]
Food
TOWNSVILLE’S FIRST SECRET FEAST DINNERS CAUSES NATION-WIDE STIR
With the festive season upon us, we’re reminded about the joy this time of year brings and the feeling of togetherness. This usually happens around a big table, adorned with lashings of indulgent sweets and savoury parcels that are shared while stories are told and laughs are had. It’s this feeling that prompted Townsville locals, […]
WHY SHOP LOCAL?
Shopping locally is like eating your two fruit and five veg. You know you should do it, you know it’s the right thing to do, but sometimes you get lazy and skip it. The thing is, just like skipping a healthy meal and choosing greasy takeaway, not shopping locally actually has its own effects too. […]
A TASTE OF TOWNSVILLE
Townsville is smack-bang in the middle of a gourmet food bowl that is producing a range of world-class foods to suit every taste bud and budget. From the graziers and their herds of cattle in the west to the local fisherman who give us bounds of succulent seafood fresh from the reef. We’ve slowly upgraded […]
WHY NATIONAL BRANDS TEST PRODUCTS IN TOWNSVILLE
Townsville –incredibly diverse, wonderfully accessible and easy on the budget. It’s exactly what businesses love. It’s also why nationally successfully brand, The Coffee Club, choose to make Townsville their home for product and trend-testing. The Coffee Club’s very own Advisory Council Chairman, Carolyn McManus, even calls this slice of paradise home. She says there are […]
THE TOUGH JOURNEY TO YOUR DREAM JOB
Leaving the comfort of a stable job to pursue your dream business is a terrifying thought. Yet it’s exactly what Sarah Adams did – and she’s never looked back. After landing a stable job at Townsville City Council, Sarah thought she was set. Soon after, she realised she wasn’t getting “those feel good moments” in […]
Banana flower? Now that’s new!
Natural Evolution is the company. As a flip-flop-wearing teenager in Hawaii, freelance writer Alexis Cheung would pore over fashion magazines, daydreaming about what she’d wear in a climate with four distinct seasons. Now, after living in New York for eight years, her style has evolved into something more urban, but it still has the laid-back […]
